Vegetable-cutter



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J. A. SMITH. VEGETABLE CUTTER. I No. 290.363. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

Mme STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. SMITH, OF FRANKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 290,363, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed October 19, 1888. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. SMITH, ofFrankford, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved vegetable-cutter showing the feeder raised and tilted out of the casing. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the machine in position for operation. Fig. 3 is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of r the cutter-disk.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to'that class of vegetable-cutters in which the vegetable to be cut or sliced is brought to bear against a rotating disk having radial slots provided with cutter-blades; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a cylindrical casing or receptacle, mounted upon legs B, and having two diametrically-opposite uprights, C, at its upper end, which uprights have a yoke or frame, D, hinged to their upper ends, which frame forms a sleeve, E, at its upper end depending toward the casing and axial to the same, and provided with a covering-plate, F, at its upper end, which has a threaded perforation, in which a set-screw, G, fits and turns. A spiral spring, H, is confined inside this sleeve or tube, bearing with its upper end against a small plate upon the end of the set-screw, and bearing with its lower end against the closed end of a tube, 1, sliding in the upper tube, and

having a spiral spring, J, confined inside,

guided by two small laterally-projecting rollers, M, pivoted in its rim, and rolling in vertical grooves N in the inside of the casing. The lower side of the feeder has a diametrical recess, 0, for the reception of the dividingknife P, which is secured adjustably, with its edge upward, immediately above the rotating cutter-disk Q by means of two set-screws, R, fitting into the ends of the knife, and sliding adjustably in two diametrically-opposite vertical slots, S, in the sides of the casing. The cutter-disk has a number of radial slots, T, at the edge of each of which is adj ustably secured a cutter-blade, U, by means of set-screwsV; and the disk is secured upon the upper end of a short shaft. WV, turning in a central bearing in a frame, X, at the bottom of the casing, and provided at its lower end with a bevel-wheel, Y, meshing with a similar wheel or pinion, Z, fastened upon the drive-shaft a, upon which the power acts. one arm of the hinged upper frame near the hinge and a connecting-rod, c, is hinged to its inner end, the lower end of which rod is hinged to the feeder-disk near'its center.

It will now be seen that the feeder is forced down by the spiral springs, which press the vegetable to be out against the edge of the dividing-knife, which cuts the same diametrically, while the cutters slice it, and the dividing-knife will enter the diametrical recess in the feeder as the latter forces the vegetable against the cutters, from which the slices fall out at the bottom.

WVhen a vegetable is to be placed in the easing, the outer end of the lever upon the frame is depressed, which raises the feeder, which thereupon may be tilted to one side by tilting the upper hinged frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The combination of a casing having two uprights at its upper end, a yoke or frame hinged to vthe ends of the uprights, and having a downwardly-depending sleeve at its top closed at its upper end, a set-screw turning in the upper closed end of the sleeve, a spiral spring inclosed in said sleeve, a tube closed at its upper end and sliding in the sleeve, a spiral spring inclosed in the tube, a feeder having a central upright sliding in the tube,

necting-rod hinged to the inner end of the le- A lever, 72, is pivoted upon In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of' two witnesses.

JOHN A. SMITH.

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